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Silicon
Description:
Silicon is essential to the process of adding calcium for hardness to the bone, plus increasing collagen - the tough connective tissue that binds everything together and gives bones flexibility. A study at U.C.L.A. shows that silicon supplemented bones have a 100 percent increase in collagen over low silicon bones.
Method of Action:
Silicon works by chemically binding the structures of surface tissues and those that connect the bones.
Organic silicon will recalcify; inorganic will not. Silicon is organic. Silicone is not.
Food Sources:
The fiber faction of brown rice Leafy greens
The herb known as horsetail The fiber part of plants
Bell peppers Alfalfa
Deficiency Symptoms:
Impaired bone growth
Disturbances of bone formation and pigmentation of frontal teeth.
Increased susceptibility to coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis.